and the Golden Globe goes to…

Well here we are. Awards season! I am a huge fan of awards shows. Mostly the Globes and the Oscars. The Grammys are a joke now as are any awards shows on MTV.

So here are my predictions.Winners in bold.

BEST PICTURE: DRAMA

• The Descendants
• The Help
• Hugo
• The Ides of March
• Moneyball
• War Horse

As much as I want to give it to “Moneyball” because it was an amazing movie, you just don’t beat Spielberg.

BEST PICTURE: COMEDY OR MUSICAL

• 50/50
• The Artist
• Bridesmaids 
• Midnight in Paris
• My Week With Marilyn

Really??? This is the nominees???? Um…The Muppets???

BEST DIRECTOR

• Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
• George Clooney, The Ides of March
• Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
• Alexander Payne, The Descendants
• Martin Scorsese, Hugo

BEST ACTRESS: COMEDY/MUSICAL

• Jodie Foster, Carnage
• Charlize Theron, Young Adult
• Kristin Wiig, Bridesmaids
• Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
• Kate Winslet, Carnage

BEST ACTOR: COMEDY/MUSICAL

• Jean Dujardin, The Artist
• Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50
• Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid, Love
• Owen Wilson, Midnight In Paris

BEST ACTRESS: DRAMA

• Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
• Viola Davis, The Help
• Rooney Mara, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
• Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
• Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin

BEST ACTOR: DRAMA

• George Clooney, The Descendants
• Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
• Michael Fassbender, Shame
• Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
• Brad Pitt, Moneyball

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
• Albert Brooks, Drive
• Jonah Hill, Moneyball
• Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
• Christopher Plummer, Beginners

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
• Jessica Chastain, The Help
• Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
• Octavia Spencer, The Help
• Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

Who??

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
• Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants
• George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
• Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
• Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian, Moneyball

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• The Flowers of War
• In the Land of Blood and Honey
• The Kid With a Bike
• A Separation
• The Skin I Live In

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• The Adventures of Tintin
• Arthur Christmas
• Cars 2
• Puss in Boots
• Rango

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Ludovic Bource, The Artist
• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Howard Shore, Hugo
• John Williams, War Horse
• Abel Korzeniowski, W.E.

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• “Lay Your Head Down,” Albert Nobbs
• “Hello Hello,” Gnomeo and Juliet
• “The Living Proof,” The Help
• “The Keeper,” Machine Gun Preacher
• “Masterpiece,” W.E.

BEST TV

BEST TV SERIES – DRAMA

• American Horror Story
• Boardwalk Empire
• Boss
• Game of Thrones
• Homeland

um…..Mad Men????

BEST ACTOR IN A TV SERIES – DRAMA

• Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
• Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
• Kelsey Grammer, Boss
• Jeremy Irons, The Borgias
• Damian Lewis, Homeland

BEST ACTRESS IN A TV DRAMA SERIES

• Claire Dane, Homeland
• Mireille Enos, The Killing
• Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
• Madeline Stowe, Revenge
• Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness

BEST ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE

• Hugh Bonnevile, Downton Abbey
• Idris Elba, Luther
• William Hurt, Too Big to Fail
• Bill Nighy, Page Eight
• Dominic West, The Hour

BEST ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE

• Romola Garai, The Hour
• Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
• Elizabeth McGovern, Downtown Abbey
• Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult
• Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce

BEST TV SERIES – COMEDY

• Enlightened
• Episodes
• Glee
• Modern Family
• New Girl

BEST ACTOR IN A TV COMEDY SERIES

• Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
• David Duchovny, Californication
• Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
• Thomas Jane, Hung
• Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

BEST ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES COMEDY OR MUSICAL

• Laura Dern, Enlightened
• Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
• Tina Fey, 30 Rock
• Laura Linney, The Big C
• Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE

• Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
• Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail
• Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
• Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite
• Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Why 80′s wrestling was AMAZING!!!

When I was growing up wrestling was EVERYTHING!! I grew up in the 80′s with superstars like Roddy Roddy Piper, The Ultimate Warrior, Andre the Giant, The Junkyard Dog, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, and Macho Man Randy Savage. I loved, and sometimes hated, these men with every ounce of passion a child could. However, I looked up to nobody more than Hulk Hogan! Hulk Hogan was bigger than Jesus Christ in my eyes. I had all the Hulkster merchandise you could imagine. I had the action figures, the t-shirts, bandanas, lunchbox (back when having the official lunchbox meant serious business), and the official Wrestling Buddy. Remember those? It was essentially a pillow that looked like the wrestler intended for you to wrestle with and pound the shit out of. In other words it kept you from putting your little brother in a sleeper hold and pissing off your mom. I didn’t have siblings I could wrestle with until I was in my teens, and by then it was more like street fighting instead of wrestling. I actually once Pedigree’d (The finisher made famous by Triple H aka Hunter Hurst Helmsley in the 90′s) my younger step brother. This move essentially meant you put the victim’s head between your legs and then dropped to your knees, and by result, driving their head into the floor. Bad idea to do on hard wood flooring. Just an FYI. In my defense this was revenge for him Shawn Michael’s Superkicking me off my dad’s king size bed and onto my head on the floor below. Ah, the 90′s. Who needed video games!?!?!

I’m sitting here watching a 3 part, 9 hour long Anthology of Hulk Hogan on Netflix (God Bless you Netflix!) and they just showed the classic “War to Settle the Score”. This match was a star studded event. Cyndi Lauper??? Danny Devito??? The rematch was even better! Mr. T steps in as Hogan’s tag team partner, and Muhameed Ali was a guest referee. Yeap, that was the 80′s. I remember watching Hulk Hogan body slam Andre the Giant. I used to watch all Hulk’s matches with excitement. I would jump around and cheer him along. I would be so happy when he won, and I would cry when he lost. Wrestlemania V is probably the one I remember the most. Macho Man and Hogan had been tag teaming ever since Wrestlemania IV and steamrolling through the WWF (Sorry, but I will NEVER call it the WWE…NEVER!) During a match Mrs. Elizabeth was “knocked out” and Hogan walked out of the match to find her medical attention. This of course betrayed Macho Man and this lead to them becoming enemies. Wrestlemania V was historic because Macho Man in every sense beat Hogan. He hit him with the Flying Elbow yet Hogan somehow kicks out, and hits Savage with the Boot and the Leg Drop. 1,2,3 Hogan becomes champion! Classic!! Here’s the highlights, apologies for the song:

In the 90′s I was still a wrestling kid. I started following WCW more. I took a liking to Sting, Ric Flair, The 4 Horseman, The Steiners, Harlem Heat, and eventually the N.W.O. when Hogan turned Heel as “Hollywood” Hogan. I actually met Kevin Nash once in the Atlanta airport. Johnny B. Badd broke my watch once too. It was a Sting watch too.

To me wrestling was part of my childhood, and I still enjoy watching the classics today. I’ve tried to watch wrestling now and I just can’t get into it. It’s all drama and no matches. I actually watched raw once about 6 months ago and they seriously were on for an hour and had zero matches. All backstage drama and lead up to Pay-Par-View shows. I’m hearing tale that The Rock is returning to wrestling at Wrestlemania this year. Eh, it’s only to promote G.I. Joe 2. I may still watch him though.

Happy New Year!!

Happy 2012 everybody!! Hope everyone’s New Year’s Eve was exciting. I worked and then made the rapid stops I needed to. I’ve decided on the whole resolution thing, and that is to give up soda and fast food. Fast food I’ve been kicking back on for a while now and don’t eat it nearly as much as I used to. When I do it’s either Jimmy Johns or drunk Taco Bell. Soda is a different story. I am a soda-holic!! This will be the hardest thing I will have ever given up. I drank the suggested 64oz of water today and a raspberry tea. I really didn’t crave soda today, but I know the craving will come eventually. Just have to tell myself that by stopping i will be taking a huge step to living a healthier lifestyle, and that by not drinking it I will benefit in the end.

 

 

 

30 Day Writing Project: Days 12 & 13

Hey everybody! Sorry I didn’t get to sit down and write yesterday. I worked from 10am to 10pm so not much time to write. Work was work yesterday. We were decently busy last night which made it go quickly. Working tonight too but it’s a toss up with the game and everything.

I never know who to cheer for in the LSU/Georgia game. I mean I’m from Georgia and lived there for 19 years of my life. However I’ve been here for so long I consider myself a Tiger fan. Let’s look at it this way. An LSU win sends them to the BCS National Championship. A Georgia win puts them in the Top Ten (maybe) and Alabama and Oklahoma State go to the BCS. Yeah, let’s go ahead with the LSU win scenario. Plus nobody wants to see LSU and Alabama play again. That game was BORING!! Until Overtime.

Ok so today’s topic: What was the last compliment you received?

That would be Wednesday night after stand up at The Station. Well both Wednesday and Thursday actually. I performed at Rhythm and Booze on Thursday. Stand up is relatively new to me. I’ve been performing for about a year or so. I still get very nervous and very critical of myself. So anytime anyone walks up to me after a show and tells me I was funny, or that I did a good job that is amazing! Even better is when another comedian comes up and tells me that. Other comedians are the toughest crowd. We’re comedians! We think we’re the funniest person in the room! So other comedians are a threat. Not really, but some comedians can be very harsh on others.

Ok, well time for a shower and then work. If you want to grab a bite after the game come see me!

30 Day Writing Project: Day 11

So last night I debuted my stand up at The Station. I had never been able to make it to their show due to trivia hosting, but now that that’s no more I can finally perform there. The set went really well, and got a lot of compliments from the non-comedian audience members. The other comedians were all fantastic. Got to see some friends perform and they all did great sets as well. Good time was had by all. You should come out next Wednesday night.

Ok so today’s topic:

What is your favorite day of the week?

I don’t really have a favorite day. I work most weekends so Friday isn’t my Friday. I always have stuff going on either it’s playing acoustic somewhere or doing standup. I guess my favorite day of the week is any day I can do nothing. Just relax and read or catch up on TiVo. I don’t get them that often so when I do it’s super nice.

Sorry I really don’t have a lot to write on this subject. I mean who has a favorite day of the week? lol

30 Day Writing Project: Day 10

Woooo what a day!! Finally home and relaxing. I had a customer today ask me for Splenda. Shocking we don’t carry Splenda. She then proceeds to pull a ziploc bag FULL OF SPLENDA out of her purse!!! WTH!?!? She wanted our Splenda so she could a) steal it, and b) use it to not cut out of her stash. What the what??? People confuse me sometimes.

Ok so today’s topic:

What is something you do well?

I will try and answer this without sounding like an egotistical prick. I have always been musical. I started singing in church when I was barely able to speak. I was probably 3. In middle school I added instruments. Starting with drums and eventually adding some piano and then guitar in college. I was the kid when my parents grounded me I would just go learn a new instrument. I once learned the recorder while grounded.

Sure I have other talents. I like to think I can act. I’m new to stand up but my closest friends and biggest comedy critics tell me I’m good. But when it all boils down to it I know that I am good with music. Singing, playing, and even recording and producing a little.

Hopefully I didn’t sound like an asshole. I really tried not to. lol

30 Day Writing Project Day 9

So I thought I would write before work today. Watching a little ESPN while I wait for a load of laundry to finish in the wash. The keep talking about how LSU and Alabama are going to play again for the BCS title. I really don’t think that is fair. Here’s why:

1) Ok they play. God forbid LSU lose. Where is the third game in the series going to be played and when? Maybe in Tiger Stadium since Alabama got a home game for Game 1? If Alabama were to win that would give each team one win and one loss. In every other sport there would be a tiebreaker. Not football though. Congrats you won the first time, but that doesn’t mean anything now. People scream about getting rid of the BCS and bringing in a playoff system. That’s fine, but you can’t suddenly decide you LOOOOOOVE the BCS when it benefits you.

2) Let’s say Oklahoma State beats Oklahoma, which they have done plenty of times in the past. With Alabama having a bye on Saturday since they DIDN’T WIN THE SEC WEST *cough LSU *cough wouldn’t that hurt them? OKSU is #3 right now and is playing a Top Ten team in Oklahoma. Not a walk in the park. Wouldn’t a win against Oklahoma possibly leap frog them over Alabama to #2?

I personally wanted to see Boise State in the BCS. Yeah I know LSU would probably beat them mercilessly, but they have had so many years of consistent top ten and even top five finishes with big wins in BCS bowl games. I mean does anyone remember this?

 

Yeah. I thought they had a shot. Oh well

Ok, gotta head to work. I’ll update this later with today’s topic.

30 Day Writing Project: Day 8

Wow I have done nothing today!!! Seriously!! Not a damn thing!! Ok, I paid some bills online but that’s about it lol. So not much to report on. Unless you want to hear about the episodes of “30 Rock” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” I watched? No. Ok.

Here’s today topic: What are you afraid of?

Clowns. Hate clowns. Always have, always will. I don’t know what it is about them but I don’t like them. If you don’t think clowns are scary go watch Stephen King’s “It”. That’ll change your mind. Here’s a picture of me on m 1st birthday:

I’m pretty sure I popped him in the face with that shovel right after this was taken.

If I know who the person is I don’t have a problem with it. Then it’s just a costume. Like I love when Cam on “Modern Family” dresses in his clown outfit. Because I know who that is. However if a random clown walks up to me they are in danger of getting hit. I actually worked for a teleservices company when I first moved to Baton Rouge. One day they randomly had clowns come to the office to boost morale. I had to leave early. Why would someone do that!?!?

So yeah, clowns scare me. Also snakes. Don’t do snakes. Can’t even go into the reptile house at the zoo. Nagini in the Harry potter films freaked me out. I’m sorry, but snakes can’t be trusted lol.

Ok, well I’m going to watch The Daily Show and go to bed. Good night all

Late night musings

Ok so it’s like 1am, and I’m watching “Futurama” and talking to a friend on Facebook. Truth be told it’s a girl I’m kinda ga-ga for. It’s nice, to feel this way. Really. She makes me happy. The kind of girl that when she walks into the room you just…smile. When she comes around I immediately perk up. She’s also a new kind of expereience for me. Every since I started dating *cough* 14 years ago :/ I was never a casual dating kind of guy. I also went right to the boyfriend/girlfriend stage. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn’t. Most times it did, and then I would eventually fuck it all up. My normal way of life. “Wait, this is working and good? Nope! Got to break it somehow!” Ask any of my exes. They’ll vouch.

I’ve never had to “chase”. Of course since this is new it’s also frustrating as all hell!! Plenty of times I’ve almost said hell with it and walked away, but I can’t. Not from her. Fuck..I tried. I did. Everytime I thought maybe this wasn’t right for me she does something to show me it is. She cheers me up or I cheer her up. She makes me laugh or vice versa. She thinks I’m funny! That’s a winner right?!?!? It is in my book, but I’m also a comedian. Anybody laughing at my jokes is a keeper! I know it’s girly and mushy and “gay” for me to say this but she makes me want to be a better person. Any of you who have known me know I can be a royal bastard! Not when she’s around. I can’t do it! I’m nicer. I’m…sweet! It’s weird to people around us I’m sure.

I’m going to sop here before I get too much more mushy and this becomes unbearable. But she knows who she is. And she should know what she does to me.

30 Day Writing Project: Day 7

Wooh!!! What a day!! Just got home from working brunch, followed by a choir rehearsal. Brunch was crazy busy today! We had 10 tables waiting for the doors to open, and it was a continuous flow all the way through. Sunday brunch is by far the busiest shift I work every week, but the money is great.

So I made it one week into the 30 Day Writing Project. Hopefully those of you reading it have been entertained. There are days where I don’t feel like writing but I’m determined to see this through. So let’s continue on.

What is your computer wallpaper right now?

Ha! Interesting question. It’s a rotating wallpaper of images from the BBC series “Doctor Who”. For those of you who have no clue what that is, allow me to try and explain. “Doctor Who” follows the adventures of “The Doctor”, a time lord from the planet Gallafrey. A time lord is a sort of time traveler who travels with a companion, and sometimes companions. The Doctor doesn’t die. He regenerates. When his bodily form is dying he simply changes to a new one. This was written into the show as a way of keeping the show running through casting changes. 11 actors have played The Doctor. The most famous of these 11 are probably Tom Baker, the 4th Doctor, with his 14 foot scarf. David Tennant, the 10th Doctor. For those of you who have seen “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” he played Barty Crouch Jr, the Death Eater who uses Polijuice Potion to imitate Mad Eye Moody. My favorite Doctor is the current one, Matt Smith. Tennant is a very very close second though. Matt is my favorite because of his companions, Rory and Amy. The three of them are so amazing together!! I recommend that if you like Sc-Fi you give Doctor Who a try. You may like it!!